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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[526]] – [[Pope John I]]<ref name=JohnI>{{cite book |last1=Walsh |first1=Michael J. |title=Pocket Dictionary of Popes |date=10 May 2006 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-86012-420-7 |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWP_K-lZCB0C&pg=PA77 |language=en}}</ref> * [[893]] – [[Stephen I of Constantinople]] (b. 867) * [[932]] – [[Ma Shaohong]], general of [[Later Tang]] * [[947]] – [[Emperor Taizong of Liao|Emperor Taizong]] of the [[Liao Dynasty]] * [[978]] – [[Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine|Frederick I]], duke of [[Lotharingia|Upper Lorraine]] *[[1065]] – [[Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine]] (b. c. 1003) *[[1096]] – [[Minna of Worms]], Jewish martyr killed during the [[Worms massacre (1096)]] *[[1160]] – [[Eric IX of Sweden|Eric Jedvardsson (King Eric IX) of Sweden]] (since 1156); (b. circa 1120) *[[1297]] – [[Nicholas Longespee]], Bishop of Salisbury *[[1401]] – [[Vladislaus II of Opole]] (b. 1332) *[[1410]] – [[Rupert of Germany]], Count Palatine of the Rhine (b. 1352) *[[1550]] – [[Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine]] (b. 1498) *[[1551]] – [[Domenico di Pace Beccafumi]], Italian painter (b. 1486) ===1601–1900=== *[[1675]] – [[Stanisław Lubieniecki]], Polish astronomer, historian, and theologian (b. 1623) * 1675 – [[Jacques Marquette]], French-American missionary and explorer (b. 1637) *[[1692]] – [[Elias Ashmole]], English astrologer and politician (b. 1617) *[[1721]] – [[Maria Barbara Carillo]], victim of the [[Spanish Inquisition]] (b.1625) *[[1733]] – [[Georg Böhm]], German organist and composer (b. 1661) *[[1780]] – [[Charles Hardy]], English-American admiral and politician, 29th [[List of colonial governors of New York|Colonial Governor of New York]] (b. 1714) *[[1781]] – [[Túpac Amaru II]], Peruvian indigenous rebel leader (b. 1742) *[[1792]] – [[Levy Solomons]], Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730) *[[1795]] – [[Robert Rogers (soldier)|Robert Rogers]], English colonel (b. 1731) *[[1799]] – [[Pierre Beaumarchais]], French playwright and publisher (b. 1732) *[[1800]] – [[Alexander Suvorov]], Russian general (b. 1729) *[[1807]] – [[John Douglas (bishop of Salisbury)|John Douglas]], Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721) *[[1808]] – [[Elijah Craig]], American minister, inventor, and educator, invented [[Bourbon whiskey]] (b. 1738) *[[1844]] – [[Richard McCarty (U.S. politician)|Richard McCarty]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1780) *[[1853]] – [[Lionel Kieseritzky]], Estonian-French chess player (b. 1806) *[[1867]] – [[Clarkson Frederick Stanfield|Clarkson Stanfield]], English painter (b. 1793) *[[1889]] – [[Isabella Glyn]], Scottish-English actress (b. 1823) *[[1900]] – [[Félix Ravaisson-Mollien]], French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813) ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Louis-Napoléon Casault]], Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823) *[[1909]] – [[Isaac Albéniz]], Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860) * 1909 – [[George Meredith]], English novelist and poet (b. 1828) *[[1910]] – [[Eliza Orzeszkowa]], Polish author and publisher (b. 1841) * 1910 – [[Pauline Viardot]], French soprano and composer (b. 1821) *[[1911]] – [[Gustav Mahler]], Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860) *[[1916]] – [[Chen Qimei]], Chinese revolutionary (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chang |first1=Nelson |last2=Chang |first2=Laurence |year=2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UI3_-7dMPIoC&pg=PA197 |title=The Zhangs from Nanxun |publisher=CF Press |page=197 |isbn=9780692008454}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Bergère |first=Marie-Claire |year=1998 |url=https://archive.org/details/sunyatsen00berg |url-access=registration |title=Sun Yat-sen |publisher=Stanford University Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/sunyatsen00berg/page/n289 268] |isbn=9780804740111}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran]], French physician and parasitologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1845) *[[1941]] – [[Werner Sombart]], German economist and sociologist (b. 1863) *[[1943]] – [[Ōnishiki Daigorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1883) *[[1947]] – [[Hal Chase]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1883) *[[1955]] – [[Mary McLeod Bethune]], American educator and activist (b. 1875) *[[1956]] – [[Maurice Tate]], English cricketer (b. 1895) *[[1958]] – [[Jacob Fichman]], Israeli poet and critic (b. 1881) *[[1963]] – [[Ernie Davis]], American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1939) *[[1968]] – [[Frank Walsh]], Australian politician, 34th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1897) *[[1971]] – [[Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh]], Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1908) *[[1973]] – [[Jeannette Rankin]], American social worker and politician (b. 1880) *[[1974]] – [[Harry Ricardo]], English engine designer and researcher (b. 1885) *[[1975]] – [[Leroy Anderson]], American composer and conductor (b. 1908) *[[1980]] – Victims of [[1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens|Mount St. Helens eruption]]: ** [[Reid Blackburn]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1952) ** [[David A. Johnston]], American volcanologist and geologist (b. 1949) * 1980 – [[Ian Curtis]], English singer-songwriter (b. 1956) *[[1981]] – [[Arthur O'Connell]], American actor (b. 1908) * 1981 – [[William Saroyan]], American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1908) *[[1987]] – [[Mahdi Amel]], Lebanese journalist, poet, and academic (b. 1936) *[[1989]] – [[Dorothy Ruth]], American horse breeder and author (b. 1921) *[[1990]] – [[Jill Ireland]], English actress (b. 1936) *[[1995]] – [[Elisha Cook, Jr.]], American actor (b. 1903) * 1995 – [[Alexander Godunov]], Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949) * 1995 – [[Brinsley Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty]], Irish ufologist and historian (b. 1911) * 1995 – [[Elizabeth Montgomery]], American actress (b. 1933) *[[1998]] – [[Obaidullah Aleem]], Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1939) *[[1999]] – [[Augustus Pablo]], Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1954) * 1999 – [[Betty Robinson]], American runner (b. 1911) *[[2000]] – [[Stephen M. Wolownik]], Russian-American composer and musicologist (b. 1946) *[[2001]] – [[Irene Hunt]], American author and illustrator (b. 1907) *[[2002]] – [[Davey Boy Smith]], English professional wrestler (b. 1962<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/us_sport/1997517.stm</ref>) *[[2004]] – [[Elvin Jones]], American drummer and bandleader (b. 1927) *[[2006]] – [[Jaan Eilart]], Estonian geographer, ecologist, and historian (b. 1933) *[[2007]] – [[Pierre-Gilles de Gennes]], French physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1932) *[[2008]] – [[Joseph Pevney]], American actor and director (b. 1911) * 2008 – [[Roberto García-Calvo Montiel]], Spanish judge (b. 1942) *[[2009]] – [[Dolla (rapper)|Dolla]], American rapper (b. 1987)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=2009-05-19|title=Atlanta Rapper Dolla Shot Dead Outside Los Angeles Mall|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/atlanta-rapper-dolla-shot-dead-outside-los-angeles-mall-70582/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129140121/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/atlanta-rapper-dolla-shot-dead-outside-los-angeles-mall-70582/|archive-date=2020-11-29|access-date=2021-09-18|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Wayne Allwine]], American voice actor, sound effects editor and Foley artist (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web|last=McLellan|first=Dennis|date=2009-05-21|title=Wayne Allwine, voice of Mickey Mouse, dies at 62|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-wayne-allwine21-2009may21-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713004855/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-wayne-allwine21-2009may21-story.html|archive-date=2014-07-13|access-date=2021-06-30|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Velupillai Prabhakaran]], Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (b. 1954) *[[2012]] – [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]], German opera singer and conductor (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[Peter Jones (drummer)|Peter Jones]], English-Australian drummer and songwriter (b. 1967) * 2012 – [[Alan Oakley (designer)|Alan Oakley]], English bicycle designer, designed the [[Raleigh Chopper]] (b. 1927) *[[2013]] – [[Aleksei Balabanov]], Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1959) * 2013 – [[Jo Benkow]], Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Steve Forrest (actor)|Steve Forrest]], American actor (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[David McMillan (American football)|David McMillan]], American football player (b. 1981) * 2013 – [[Lothar Schmid]], German chess player (b. 1928) *[[2014]] – [[Dobrica Ćosić]], Serbian politician, 1st [[President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Hans-Peter Dürr]], German physicist and academic (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Kaiketsu Masateru]], Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948) * 2014 – [[Chukwuedu Nwokolo]], Nigerian physician and academic (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Wubbo Ockels]], Dutch physicist and astronaut (b. 1946) *[[2015]] – [[Halldór Ásgrímsson]], Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd [[Prime Minister of Iceland]] (b. 1947) * 2015 – [[Raymond Gosling]], English physicist and academic (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Jean-François Théodore]], French businessman (b. 1946) *[[2017]] – [[Roger Ailes]], American businessman (b. 1940) * 2017 – [[Chris Cornell]], American singer (b. 1964) * 2017 – [[Jacque Fresco]], American engineer and academic (b. 1916) *[[2019]] – [[Austin Eubanks]], American addiction recovery advocate, survivor of the [[Columbine High School massacre|Columbine shooting]] (b. 1981)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-19|title=Austin Eubanks, Columbine victim who worked against painkillers, dies at 37|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/19/austin-eubanks-columbine-victim-painkillers-dies-at-37|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611072442/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/19/austin-eubanks-columbine-victim-painkillers-dies-at-37|archive-date=2019-06-11|access-date=2021-06-30|website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Ken Osmond]], American actor and police officer (b. 1943)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ken-osmond-dead-leave-it-to-beaver-eddie-haskell-dies-actor-1234609639/ |title=Ken Osmond, 'Leave It to Beaver' Star Who Played Eddie Haskell, Dies at 76 |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=18 May 2020 |website=variety.com |access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Charles Grodin]], American actor and talk show host (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lowry |first1=Brian |title=Charles Grodin, 'Midnight Run' and 'The Heartbreak Kid' star, dead at 86 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/18/entertainment/charles-grodin-obit/index.html |website=CNN|date=18 May 2021 }}</ref> * 2021 – [[Yolanda Tortolero]], Venezuelan politician<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|date=2021-05-19|title=Carabobo {{!}} Muere diputada opositora Yolanda Tortolero por COVID-19|url=https://elpitazo.net/centro/carabobo-muere-diputada-opositora-yolanda-tortolero-por-covid-19/|access-date=2022-01-17|website=[[El Pitazo]]|language=es}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Jim Brown]], American football player, civil rights activist, and actor (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite news | last=Babb | first=Kent | title=Jim Brown, Hall of Fame running back and actor, dies at 87 | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=May 19, 2023 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/19/jim-brown-nfl-dead/ | access-date=May 20, 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Bruce Nordstrom]], American businessman (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rifkin |first=Glenn |date=2024-05-19 |title=Bruce Nordstrom, Who Helped Lead His Family's Retail Empire, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/19/business/bruce-nordstrom-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2024 – [[Tony O'Reilly]], Irish rugby player and businessman (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Businessman Tony O'Reilly (88) dies after short illness |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/05/18/businessman-tony-oreilly-88-dies-after-short-illness/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Alice Stewart (commentator)|Alice Stewart]], American political commentator (b. 1966)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lybrand |first1=Holmes |last2=Perez |first2=Evan |last3=Iyer |first3=Kaanita |date=2024-05-18 |title=CNN political commentator Alice Stewart dies {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/18/politics/alice-stewart-cnn-commentator-dies/index.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia 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